Tobacco-drier



J. L. TURNER & W. ANGEL.

Tobacco Drier.

No. 230,680. PatentedA ug. 3,1880.

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N. PETERS. PHDT WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. TURNER AND WILLIAM ANGEL, OF BIG LICK, VIRGINIA.

TOBACCO-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 230,680, dated August 3, 1880. Application filed February 26, 1880 To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES L. TURNER and WILLIAM ANGEL, residents of Big Lick, Roanoke county, Virginia, have invented a certain new and useful'Appar-atus for Yellowing, Odoring, and Curing Leaf -Tobacco, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for yellowing, odoring, and curing tobacco; and it consists in a chamber provided with a series of steam-heating pipes, in com bination with a series of fines, through which the products of combustion from the furnace employed to heat the boiler for generating steam may be passed, in order to economize heat, the said flues being connected with independent furnaces, by means of which the chamber may be additionally heated, as more fully hereinafter specified.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of our improved apparatus, and

Fig. 2 a top view of the same with the roof of the chamber removed to show the internal arrangement of the pipes and flues.

The letter A indicates the chamber, in which the tobacco to be cured is suspended in the usual manner, and B a furnace located outside of said chamber, the said furnace having mounted therein a boiler or kettle, G, which is designed to contain the necessary amount of water to generate the steam for heating said chamber. From said boiler or kettle extends a pipe, E, through the wall of the chamber into the interior thereof, the said pipe connecting with a pipe, F, in the interior of said chamber, which pipeF is provided with a series of three or more branch pipes, G, extendingthe length of said chamber, by means of which the interior of the same may be uniformly heated.

The letter H indicates a series of flues, located near the lower part of the chamber and extending entirely around the same. The said flues connect with the furnace B by means of a flue, I, passing through the front wall of the chamber. The flues H also pass through the front and one side wall, as shown at K and L, and connect with additional furnaces, (not chamber, and communicating with a suitable smoke-stack.

In operating our improved invention we first heat the interior'of the chamber by means of the steam-pipes to from to Fahrenheit, and maintain the heat at that temperature from ten to twenty hours, according to the quality of tobacco. We then increase the temperature to from 1 10 to and'keep it at that point for about six hours. If at the end of that time the tobacco is not sufficiently yellowed we increase the heat to from 120 to and maintain it for three hours or longer until the tobacco is properly yellowed.

During the process of heating by means of the steam-pipes, in order to economize heat,

the products of combustion may be transmitted from the furnace B directly through the flues H by properly arranging the dampers K, and when additional heat is required the independent furnaces above mentioned may be brought into operation for the purpose.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the house A, of the furnace B, kettle G, flue I H N, steam-pipes E F G, escape-flue M, and dampers K K, all arranged for operation substantially as specified.

JAMES L. TURNER.

WM. ANGEL. Witnesses:

.J. D. ASBERRY, S. L. Boon. 

